Pop and Rock Chart Archive and Music Encyclopedia

Unreleased Pop Hit Songs, 1960 to 1993

Nearly every pop song from 1960 through 1993 was released as a 'single.' A very small number of songs became Pop Top 20 hits without a single release. Here is the full list of these very special songs, including Stairway To Heaven.

Stairway To Heaven by Led Zeppelin has often been acclaimed as the greatest rock song ever.
Despite no single record release, the song made it big on pop radio, even hitting number one on some stations. Overall, the song made
number 10
on the Tunecaster music chart.
Classic rock band Led Zeppelin released a few singles and some became pop hits, but Stairway To Heaven was the band's biggest pop hit.

Madonna joined the small circle of artists with an unreleased song hit when Into The Groove reached
number 5 in 1985.
The song was later included on her greatest hits album, called The Immaculate Collection.
An unreleased song is a song that did not have an official regular-issue single record. At the time of its popularity, Into The Groove existed only as a 12-inch maxi-single, and as a promotional record.